load up

charger, remplir

Remplir un véhicule ou un autre espace d’objets à transporter ou à ranger.

En anglais simple : To fill a vehicle or other space with things to carry or store.

• Let's load up the van.
• They loaded the boat up with food.
• Have you loaded up the truck yet?

Comment l'utiliser : load something up with something (We loaded the car up with camping equipment.)

Synonymes : load, fill, pack

Contraires : unload, empty

Expressions courantes : load up a van, load up the truck, load something up

charger, embarquer

Mettre des objets dans un véhicule ou dessus pour les transporter.

En anglais simple : To put things into or onto a vehicle so they can be carried.

• Please load up these bags.
• We loaded the furniture up into the van.
• Have they loaded up all the crates?

Comment l'utiliser : load something up onto/into something (They loaded the boxes up onto the trailer.)

Synonymes : load, put aboard

Contraires : unload

Expressions courantes : load up the boxes, load up the bags, load something up

prendre un chargement, se charger

Pour un véhicule, recevoir des marchandises ou des provisions à bord avant le départ.

En anglais simple : To take goods or supplies aboard before leaving.

• The trucks stopped to load up.
• Our boat loaded up with supplies before the trip.
• Where will the ship load up?

Comment l'utiliser : load up with something (The ship loaded up with grain at the port.)

Synonymes : take on cargo

Contraires : unload

Expressions courantes : load up with supplies, load up before leaving, load up at port

charger, lancer

Placer un programme dans la mémoire de l’ordinateur pour pouvoir l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : To put a program into a computer's memory so it is ready to use.

• Load up the game first.
• She loaded up the drawing program.
• The software takes a minute to load up.

Comment l'utiliser : load something up (Load the program up before connecting the camera.)

Synonymes : load, open, launch

Expressions courantes : load up a game, load up the program, load something up

charger

Mettre dans une arme toute la quantité de munitions qu’elle peut contenir.

En anglais simple : To fill a gun or other weapon with all the ammunition it can hold.

• He loaded up his gun.
• The soldiers loaded their weapons up before leaving.
• Is the pistol fully loaded up?

Comment l'utiliser : load something up with something (She loaded the rifle up with cartridges.)

Synonymes : load

Contraires : unload

Expressions courantes : load up a rifle, load up the pistol, load something up

se soûler, se défoncer

Boire de l’alcool ou prendre des drogues jusqu’à en ressentir fortement les effets.

En anglais simple : To drink alcohol or take drugs until they strongly affect you.

• They went to the bar to load up.
• He loaded up on cheap whisky last night.
• She had loaded up on drugs before arriving.

Comment l'utiliser : load up on something (He loaded up on alcohol before the concert.)

Synonymes : get drunk, get high

Contraires : sober up

Expressions courantes : load up on alcohol, load up on drugs, load up before partying